Tonight was my last lesson with two of my students. It’s sad saying goodbye to all these great students who probably would continue with me next year if I were staying. But I will find good students everywhere…including Rome.
Posts Tagged ‘students’
all my students go on vacation
Posted in regular, summer, year 1, tagged goodbyes, students on Thursday 24 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
purring then fuming
Posted in regular, spring, year 1, tagged frustration, irritating, Italian idiosyncracies, students, teaching, work on Monday 26 May, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(This entry intially titled, “Words that warm a neophyte teacher’s heart”) Today I was nearly nodding off at the end of my 3:30 lesson, so just before my 4:30 lesson started I asked my student if we could start a couple minutes late so I could dash across the street for a cup (read: shot) [...]
update about now
Posted in spring, year 1, tagged friends, roommates, students, teaching on Sunday 25 May, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So, now having said everything that I have neglected to say in the past month, for the moment I’m doing really, really well. It’s warm here now–getting muggy, and it’s apparently monsoon season because we get spontaneous violent rain every so often, but all in all, life is good. I’ve managed to fill my schedule [...]
come si dice CHEAT
Posted in regular, spring, year 1, tagged cheating, irritating, Italian idiosyncracies, students, teaching, work on Sunday 25 May, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Okay, the first thing you should know about cheating in Italy is that there is no real word for it, at least not in the academic sense. There’s a word for plagiarism, and for romantic infidelity, but not for the kind that you do on tests. The only word the Italians use is “copiare,” to [...]
the end of April:
Posted in regular, spring, year 1, tagged Dad, home, joy, students, teaching, TEFL, visits, wedding, work on Sunday 25 May, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been a while since I’ve written anything real here. A month, in fact. April ended thusly: – I went home for Birdy’s wedding about a month ago. The wedding itself was absolutely lovely: the weather were perfect, Jeff and Kathryn were adorable, the reception was fun, and watching my best friend get married wasn’t [...]
aaarrghgh
Posted in regular, spring, year 1, tagged politics, students, visits, work on Thursday 17 April, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Sooo what’s new in Italy? 1) Berlusconi won. Again. Not entirely unexpected, but a little disappointing that Italy’s decided to go on chasing its tail instead of finding, I don’t know, a rabbit or a stick to chase instead. 2) Sara and Edward came to visit! A lovely time was had by all, even if [...]
the shadow knows…
Posted in humorous, regular, winter, year 1, tagged friends, goodbyes, roommates, students, teaching, work on Thursday 21 February, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The title has absolutely nothing to do with anything I’m about to write about, but Julia’s listening to a 1938 recording of “The Shadow,” so it seemed like as good a beginning as any. My newest student, Franca, lands in the older percentile of my students, but makes up for it in enthusiasm and energy [...]
in which I am largely incompetent
Posted in regular, winter, year 1, tagged incompetence, irritation, students, work on Sunday 17 February, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I thought I was going blind in one eye because everything was blurry in my left eye and I was having a really hard time reading anything up close, particularly on my computer screen, both because it was fuzzy and because I couldn’t make my eyes focus together properly. But actually the whole time [...]
Slovenija!
Posted in descriptive, photographic, winter, year 1, tagged Christmas, cold, food, Ljubljana, roommates, Slovenia, snow, students, TEFL, trips, work on Friday 28 December, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Okay, I have a lot to catch up on in these past few frenetic weeks, beginning with our weekend trip to Slovenia! Julia and I finished work on Thursday the 20th. The last week of teaching was nice–most of my classes had tests, and instead of normal lessons I had them do Christmas-themed word finds, [...]
la vita va
Posted in regular, winter, year 1, tagged Christmas, friends, holiday, immaculate conception, knitting, students on Sunday 9 December, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
My roommates are in bed, so I turned on some Christmas carols to keep myself company with. It’s funny; the city is decked out in Christmas decorations and lights, but it still doesn’t feel like mid-December. This will be the first Christmas away from home for all of us–we’re planning lots of fun things, like [...]
